The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-05
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In Webster county, West Virginia, salt sells
It % barrel. There is not a railroad in the
district.
A lady at Kingston, n. Y, lost a bobolink
rom whooplng-cough, which it contracted
rom hcr children.
There is an epidemic of whooping. cough in
several parts of chihuahua, which is killing
III the children in large numbers.
Fifteen to twenty miles of snow sheds will
DC built by the Canadian Pacific railway Thu
summer in the vicinity OF Donald, b.. c.
Sewing girls in the east end of London make
ih.rts for 4 cents cicli, and furnish their own
bread. BY hard labor they can make six
,hirts II day.
With Il view to protecting the fisheries of the
province, the Manitoba Fish and Game Pro
;ection society Is trying to get the export Of
ish prohibited.
\ tree cut near Oakland, Nd, made nine
cen logs, nine Of which were twelve feet long;
.hrcc, sixteen; three, fourteen, and four.
tight. 1t measured five feet in diameter.
A paper peach basket, which can be manu-
.actured for about 4 cents, has been invented
~ n New Yorker, and, IL is thought will set
lie the question of 'free baskets" for peaches.
One of the costly crazcs in society runs in
he direction of ivory miniatures. Their
lainting is almost forgotten art, but will
cviye with the demand. A picture of this
ind now costs from $500 to $500.
b. the collapse Of the famous Goa. IIolen
asst week, London Is at last rid of a disrep-
liable resort that has existed for nearly a
century. In the early days pleasure seekers
n ''making a night Of ~ always paid a visit
to this place.
A countryman was strolling along fremont
ow, Boston, one day recently, when he was
stopped by a member Of the Y. NJ. c. A., who
vas inviting pa ssers-by to go in and worship,
who said; 'step right upstairs, my friend:
lou will find a cordial welcome" mo, yer
ion't; yer can't play any OF yer confidence
games on me. I've hearn tell too much
,bout YOU fellcrs to be caught before bein'
IN the city two hours
Country news papers unfortunately often
nave TO depend upon school-teachera fsc news
rom various localities. The Nsw Y1fc HoHgt
Notes can call to mind several s6cll CORE.
~ipondcnts who could not write a single sen.
.ence OF good English, and whose spelling
ieded all the laws Of photography. One Of
these correspondents began one Of his letters
n this manner: ~ haint bin abel to Git to the
village this week so | cant send yu mulch
news
While the fond parents Of the school children
1t Ashbury, n. j., have been resting easy over
The thought that their offspring were fast ac-
curing a practical education, the youngsters
nave been allowed by their teacher, A. b.
Corliss, n cripple, aged 81, to pass the after
noon session in playing cards, checkers,
iominoes, and other games. Corliss gave rs
his reasons for the strange innovation that he
,ould not control his pupils. He has been
discharged.
A curious phenomenon is often witnessed
n the mountainous districts OF Nevada.
Mountaineers call it ''pogonip,n and describe
It as being n sort OF frozen fog that appears
sometimes In winter, even on the clearest and
brightest of DAYS. In an instant the afr is
filed with floating needles OF ice. To breath
The pogonip is death to the lungs. When 1t
comes people rush to cover. The Indians
Tread II as much as the whites. 1t appears
o be caused by the sudden freezing in the
air OF the moisture which collects about the
submits Of the high peaks.
Lower California is in pretty bad straits, no
rain having fallen for months and the people
being threatened with famine. The govern
ment has increased the distress OF the people
By granting as monopolies to a few capitalists
the most important industries-the pearl fish.
cries, the cultivation aud expectation of or.
chilla, and other branches OF business, which
we're the chief resources OF the people. The
expectation was that these contracts would
develop the country aud benefit the laborlng
classes, but the grantees, with few EXCEPTIONS,
have lone nothing, and the people are de
prived OF the means of subsistence.
One OF the anecdotes with which Boston
club talk Is enlivened nowadays is the tale
Of n well-known South-end man whose name
Is prominent in sporting circles ana concern
ing all whom all sorts Of adventures are re.
lated. He has recently found himself SOME
what straitened in his purse, too fond a devo-
tion to the poker-table having depleted his
Is fortune. He thought over the situation,
and at length concluded TO discuss It with
his wife, who had more than ONCE remonstrat.
ed with him for his disslpatcd habits, and
who was especially bitter in regard to his
habit OF being out every night until the hours
were Of the smallest. "Why, DEAR he said.
| think we ought to get something out OF
this great house. 1t Is too large for just you
and me, and | think we had better take in a
few dodgers. "''Yes,'' she returned, with a cold
and awful glitter In her eve, 1--WE will take in
. lot Of milkmen. II will be so convenien.
70 have men who will be going TO their day't
work just as you get home from yours"
Jacob Mccall. an engineer, aud Terrenc,